Portrait of three young boys ... Type:stretched canvas

Portrait of three young boys ... Type:stretched canvasPortrait of three young boys, named Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin standing in sandy ground at Habarut wells. They are the sons of Nura, a woman Wilfred Thesiger met at Mudayy in the Wadi 'Aydim. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

There is a very good view of the metal 'umbrella' at the top of the chorten

In the foreground two women pour water into a hawd

In the background locals mill amongst the traders

Behind them a few bushes grow on a flat plain that stretches into the far distance

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions lead camels in ones and twos up the side of a tall sloping dune

while in the far distance buildings line the coast of Bahrain Island

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions on a sand hill in the Al Ain/Buraimi oasis overlooking Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]

Group portrait of a crowd of boys in Ash Shuqaiq village

Lhasa style turquoise ear ornaments

Portrait of a man of the Rashid Bedouin

Palm trees grow along the far side of the pool

In the foreground two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions sit on their camels on a sand dune rippled with small secondary dunes